Two years on from the release of her acclaimed LP Spades & Roses, Caroline Spence is prepping the release of her third album Mint Condition, which will feature guest appearances by Emmylou Harris and Ashley Ray. The Nashville singer-songwriter has received several comparisons to Americana leading lights like Patty Griffin …
Read More »10 Best Country, Americana Songs to Hear Now: Eric Church, Joy Williams
The Chief dishes out some fatherly advice to his sons, Joy Williams puts a new spin on a Depeche Mode classic and Kacey Musgraves teams up with Ronnie Milsap in this list of songs to stream this week. Eric Church, “Some of It” The follow-up single to “Desperate Man” finds …
Read More »Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Is Running for President in 2020
“I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week,” Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) told CNN in an interview that will air Saturday night. The 37-year-old Gabbard was elected to congress in 2012. She is an Iraq War veteran as well as the first …
Read More »Blank Range Preview New Album With Bizarre, Collage-Style 'Radio' Video
With a sold-out tour alongside Tyler Childers in the rearview mirror and a new album on the horizon, Blank Range have reason to celebrate. They’re kicking off the party with a new song and video for “Radio,” from the band’s upcoming In Unison. A road anthem loaded with pedal-steel punch, …
Read More »Taking Back Sunday Celebrate 20th Anniversary, Premiere New Track 'A Song for Dan'
When discussing the legacy of 2000s pop punk and emo, one would be remiss to forget the high-octane melodrama of New York band Taking Back Sunday. Founded in 1999, the four-piece would first break the Billboard charts with 2002’s Tell All Your Friends, a gut-punching collection of songs like “Cute …
Read More »Zayn Mines Love, Loss, Rebirth Themes in New 'Satisfaction' Video
Zayn Malik explores love, loss and rebirth through the visual telling of a tragic love story in his new video for “Satisfaction.” The ballad appears on his sophomore studio album,Icarus Falls, which was released last month. While Zayn only appears briefly in the Bouha Kazmi-directed clip, the narrative aptly captures …
Read More »Watch Andy Samberg Heckle Jimmy Fallon's 'Pina Colada Song'
A heckling Andy Samberg thwarts Jimmy Fallon‘s late-night serenade of “Escape(The Piña Colada Song)” in a bizarre sketch from Tuesday’s Tonight Show. Peter (Fallon), decked out in a mushroom haircut, earrings and piano tie, smoothly croons Rupert Holmes’ 1979 soft-rock hit – with Samberg interrupting at every vocal pause to …
Read More »See Mt. Joy's Intense 'Sheep' on 'Kimmel'
Indie-folk band Mt. Joy stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night to start the week with a fiery rendition of their politically charged anthem “Sheep,” as well as their latest single, “Jenny Jenkins.” “Sheep,” featured on 2018’s Mt. Joy LP, was written in the aftermath of 2015 riots in Baltimore, …
Read More »Kevin Spacey Appears in Court, Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Assault
Kevin Spacey appeared in a Nantucket, Massachusetts, courtroom on Monday for his arraignment on sexual assault charges. The felony charge of indecent assault and battery stems from a 2016 incident in which the actor allegedly stuck his hand down an 18-year-old man’s pants, grabbing his genitals, after buying him drinks …
Read More »Miguel, Benny Blanco Take Aim at Immigration Policy in New 'I Found You' Video
Benny Blanco and Calvin Harris released a new version of their house-pop single “I Found You” with vocals from Miguel on Friday. The new rendition of the song, which is more subdued than the original, soundtracks a video about a Guatemalan woman named Nilda, an immigrant feeling violence who is …
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